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The English Teacher Reflects: Favorite Books on History - Page 2

Although I am by trade a Theatre Director and a Brit. Lit. Teacher, I also am a devout reader of history. Partly it's because I am a contextualist when it comes to teaching literature - I don't believe one can understand a literary work unless one has some understanding of the circumstances under which the work was created. Most of the ancient and medieval histories on the list are there for that reason. Partly, however, it's because my father was an amateur historian who had a knack for turning history into stories. Since he was a WWII veteran ( as was my mother ), he made that period come alive for me, and I have been fascinated by it ever since. Both he and my mother took part in The Bulge, so that has been a particular fascination for me. The Civil War was my father's major interest, and it became mine as well. Anyway, here are 100 personal favorites; I arbitrarily omitted anything more recent than Watergate, figuring 50 years ago was enough to make it history.
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A History of the Vikings (Jones)
A History of the Vikings (Jones)
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The Saxon and Norman Kings (Brooke)
The Saxon and Norman Kings (Brooke)
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The Making of the Middle Ages (Southern)
The Making of the Middle Ages (Southern)
44
A Distant Mirror (Tuchman)
A Distant Mirror (Tuchman)
45
The Trial of the Templars (Barber)
The Trial of the Templars (Barber)
46
The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
The Great Mortality (John Kelly)
47
The Black Death (Philip Zeigler)
The Black Death (Philip Zeigler)
48
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
The Little Ice Age (Brian Fagan)
49
The Oxford History of Medieval England (Saul)
The Oxford History of Medieval England (Saul)
50
The Hundred Years War (Seward)
The Hundred Years War (Seward)
51
The Wars of the Roses (Ross)
The Wars of the Roses (Ross)
52
The Wars of the Roses (Dan Jones)
The Wars of the Roses (Dan Jones)
53
The Brothers York (Penn)
The Brothers York (Penn)
54
The Battle of Bosworth (Bennett)
The Battle of Bosworth (Bennett)
55
The Farfarers (Mowatt)
The Farfarers (Mowatt)
56
The Gunpowder Plot (Antonia Fraser)
The Gunpowder Plot (Antonia Fraser)
57
Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's MacBeth (Garry Wills)
Witches and Jesuits: Shakespeare's MacBeth (Garry Wills)
58
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Dava Sobel)
59
The War That Made America (Anderson)
The War That Made America (Anderson)
60
The Glorious Cause (Robert Middlekauff)
The Glorious Cause (Robert Middlekauff)
61
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (Alan Taylor)
American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (Alan Taylor)
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Founding Brothers (Joseph Ellis)
Founding Brothers (Joseph Ellis)
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America AFIre (Bernard A. Weisberger)
America AFIre (Bernard A. Weisberger)
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Three Roads to the Alamo (William C. Davis)
Three Roads to the Alamo (William C. Davis)
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Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
Battle Cry of Freedom (James M. McPherson)
66
This Hallowed Ground (Catton)
This Hallowed Ground (Catton)
67
The Army of the Potomac (Catton)
The Army of the Potomac (Catton)
68
Gettysburg (Coddington)
Gettysburg (Coddington)
69
Sherman's March (Davis)
Sherman's March (Davis)
70
The Long Surrender (Davis)
The Long Surrender (Davis)
71
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies (Hanchett)
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies (Hanchett)
72
Cavalier in Buckskin (Utley)
Cavalier in Buckskin (Utley)
73
The Last Stand (Nathaniel Philbrick)
The Last Stand (Nathaniel Philbrick)
74
The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Proud Tower (Barbara W. Tuchman)
75
The First World War (Taylor)
The First World War (Taylor)
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The Pity of War (Niall Ferguson)
The Pity of War (Niall Ferguson)
77
The Guns of August (Tuchman)
The Guns of August (Tuchman)
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The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
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The Second World War (Antony Beevor)
The Second World War (Antony Beevor)
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Total War (Calvocoressi)
Total War (Calvocoressi)
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